Liberal feminists hold a ‘March of progress view’, they believe progress has been made, but women re stil not equal in the family and continue to be oppressed by men.
What is the radical feminist view on the family?
-They argue that the family and marriage are institutions of the patriarchal society and that the only way for women to escape the patriarchy is to enact separatism- women must lie separately from men.
What is the Marxist feminist view of the family?
Women’s main source of oppression isn’t men but capitalism. and they believe womens oppression performs several functions for capitalism:
Women reproduce the labour force
(Ansley)- Women are takers of shit, absorb their husbands anger
Provide unpaid domestic labour and socialise the next generation
